United selling miles (RDM) at 40% off up to 100,000
Apr 24, 2012, 8:19 am
#1
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United selling miles (RDM) at 40% off up to 100,000
Two day sale on now through 11:59pm CDT 25 April 2012. Rate is now 2.25cpm. Minimum of 2000/max of 100000 purchased per account.
Still not a great deal, but better than full price.
http://www.ualmiles.com/PROMO_twitter40.jsp
Still not a great deal, but better than full price.
http://www.ualmiles.com/PROMO_twitter40.jsp
Apr 24, 2012, 8:26 am
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Two day sale on now through 11:59pm CDT 25 April 2012. Rate is now 2.25cpm. Minimum of 2000/max of 100000 purchased per account.
Still not a great deal, but better than full price.
http://www.ualmiles.com/PROMO_twitter40.jsp
Still not a great deal, but better than full price.
http://www.ualmiles.com/PROMO_twitter40.jsp
Apr 24, 2012, 11:41 am
#3
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Hmm, at 2.257 cents per mile that's kinda worthwhile. Snap up a hundred thousand miles and fly yourself business class to Europe for $2257 (plus tens in fees); that's better than all but the cheapest Z-fare sales.
Apr 24, 2012, 11:48 am
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I'm tempted to take the plunge, as I'm planning to go to South Africa (again) in 2013. I'm already going this May, using MP points on SA in J. 
I already have 20k in the bank. Need to plan ahead for these things. 
Apr 24, 2012, 12:00 pm
#5
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Have there been deals better than this in the past? Say, closer to my last reward maximizer at 2.00 cpm?
Apr 24, 2012, 5:33 pm
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Apr 24, 2012, 5:56 pm
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Which one can trigger by booking a (refundable, preferably) ticket with a partner airline operating one of the legs, then buy the Reward Maximizer, and refund or cancel the ticket. I've been offered well north of 100k RDM on an itin via Reward Maximizer before (well, that was a special case since it was calculating based off the waitlisted TPAC C segments and the TPAC Y segments...).
Apr 24, 2012, 5:57 pm
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Apr 24, 2012, 6:25 pm
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ETA: For upcoming itins, I get:
- International, some LH legs: 2.0 cpm
- International, all-UA metal: 2.5 cpm
- Domestic, some ZK legs: 2.4 cpm
- Domestic, all-UA metal: 2.8 cpm
Apr 24, 2012, 6:41 pm
#13
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I took it, BTW, but for some reason the miles haven't been added to my balance, despite appearing in the activity window.
Last edited by ULMFlyer; Apr 25, 2012 at 6:39 am
Apr 24, 2012, 6:52 pm
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Apr 24, 2012, 6:57 pm
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Does anyone know if purchased miles really take 48 hours to post? Kind of annoying since their award ticket holds are only good until midnight the following day. Still a good deal for me as I just need a top off...just can't really figure the dates until the miles are posted I guess.